Do people really want to choose what they use?

The issue of letting staff choose and use their own laptops and phones is something dealt with previously on this blog. Lots of possible benefits and plenty of good reasons for businesses to stop buying PCs and let staff use their own kit. But flying in the face of the “if you build it, they…

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It’s raining innovation

Did you see our recent post about whether or not IT people should place more emphasis on security by limiting employees’ ability to share data. Well, here’s a little something more on the subject, this time from a software company most of us have certainly heard of. Microsoft, working with Forrester Consulting, has concluded that…

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Home sweet home

Unless you have been on Mars, you will probably know that the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Meyer, recently announced that her staff no longer have the option of working from home. This prompted a wave of outcries all across the business and technology media, from people who believe remote working, collaboration, and flexibility are inherently…

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Change comes from within

Two great things about the technology industry that are never in short supply… buzzwords and expert opinions. So it is with rogue clouds. A term that most people would agree comes with fairly sinister undertones. What are rogue clouds? Well, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) it is what you get when employees bypass…

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Invest in tech to stay ahead of the curve

A recent study by Quocirca claims that more than 64% of UK SMEs are anticipating a decline in their IT spending in 2013, with a further 21% expecting them to plateau. Although the results of this survey are hardly surprising, they are also rather unsettling. It has been shown numerous times that SMEs which actively…

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How are things changing for IPv6?

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IPv6 is an often talked about, but little understood phenomenon. In June 2012, the Internet Society held a World IPv6 awareness event in order to address the fact that IPv4 address exhaustion is a legitimate concern to some in the global technology community. What is it? Defined, IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) standard…

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Faster delivery for Ethernet Services – another improvement to customer experience

Colt understands that the lead time for services is important for our customers, and that delivery must be timely and reliable. The delivery lead times for Colt’s Ethernet Services have been falling even further, as Colt has leveraged strategic investments alongside internal transformation initiatives. This has enabled Colt to publish new, even more competitive delivery…

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Considering Colocation

As the need to drive down costs within business gets ever greater, many organisations of all sizes are considering their spend on IT. One of the greater costs associated with IT is the need to rely on an internally maintained server, to run business critical apps or to store data. Given the improvements in connectivity,…

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IP Guardian – Preventing a DDOS attack

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With many SMEs now relying on the internet for business, the uptime of their website and applications becomes of paramount importance. Unfortunately there may be people who intend to do harm to your business or target your website for their own gain and cause disruption to it, the most popular way to do this is…

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The Technology and SME outlook for 2013

Colt understands that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing a number of future challenges. If you believe the recent predictions IDC have made about the future of the channel market in 2013, then SMEs will be the major driving force for growth in the months to come. Like other businesses, SMEs face issues like…

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From the inside out – The new Colt Engage blog

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Welcome to the new Colt Engage blog, your source of information for anything relating to technology for small and medium-sized enterprises! If you want to know more about how technology can positively change your business, then you’ve found the right place. Our new Engage blog focuses on issues that affect SMEs and the technological solutions…

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